Surgical kit.



H. W. SANFORD.

SURGICAL KIT. APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 9, 1910.

Patented May 7, 1912.

HENRY W. SANFORD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SURGICAL KIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7,1912.

Application filed. July 9, 1910. Serial No. 571,155.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. SANFORD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District ofColumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SurgicalKits, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to surgical kits and it has for its object toprovide an article, including a pair of nesting soft rubber stalls, thatmay be carried about and subjected to more or less rough usage and inwhich nevertheless the liquid containing member will be protected, thesticking plaster will be protected against contamination from contactingwith the Walls of the kit, in which furthermore a protecting element maybe employed which may be utilized in surgery and in which the contentsof the kit will be securely sealed from the influence of the atmosphereand may thus retain its antiseptic qualities for a maximum period.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in whichsimilar reference characters designate like parts throughout the severalviews, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a surgical kit constructedin accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewthereof, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the vial and adhesive band woundthereon, removed from the package, Fig. 4 is a side elevationofamodilied form of kit, Fig. 5 is a sectional view thereof.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a hollow sphericalstall 5 having an access opening 6, this stall being made of rubber orsimilar elastic material as desired. Held Within this outer sphericalstall 5 is an inner spherical stall 7 also made of thin rubber or thelike and having an access opening 8 therein, for a purpose to behereinafter more clearly made apparent. The outer stall 5 is adapted toreceive the inner stall 7, and the inner stall 7 is adapted to containor hold the vial 10 holding a suitable antiseptic in the desired formand closed by a screw cap or the like 11.

The vial 10 in turn, serves as a carrier for a strip of adhesive tape 12which is wound thereon and surrounding this tape and disposed within theinner stall is a suitable absorbing material 13 of cotton or the like,which is adapted for use in treating a wound as is apparent. The innerstall 7 is drawn over the vial surrounded by the absorbing material andforms a jacket therestall 14 and the inner stall 15 are of oval form soas to permit them to be more compactly assembled for carrying the samein the pocket or other convenient place. In this form the stalls andnecessaries disposed therein are of similar construction and the stallsare also provided with the access openings 16 and 17 for the outer andinner stalls respectively as heretofore described.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a protection pocket forcarrying the medical materials described for dressing injuries ofvarious kinds which is of very compact form convenient for use and whichwill be advantageous for use in various instances. In an emergencyrequiring the use of the kit, the outer stall is removed by rolling backthe edge of the opening 6 until the inner stall is completely uncovered,when the vial and its covering may be readily withdrawn from the innerstall, the antiseptic, tape and absorbing material then being madeaccessible. The inner stall can then also be made to do service inholding the absorbing material, it being further understood that thevial 10 may be of any con venient form desired.

What is claimed is:

1. A surgical kit comprising an inner small rubber stall having anopening in one side for the introduction of surgical appliances, and anindependent outer larger rubber stall having an opening in one sidewhereby said larger stall is capable of being stretched for theintroduction of said smaller stall thereinto.

2. A surgical kit comprising a smaller inner spherical soft rubber stallhaving an opening in one side for the introduction of surgicalappliances, and closed at the other points, and a larger outer sphericalsoft rubber stall having an opening in one side, said larger stall beingstretched over the smaller stall with the opening of the 7 ing in thelarger stall; said larger stall besmaller stall disposed Within thelarger stall In testimony whereof I aflix my signaat a pointdiametrically opposite the openture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

, T ing closed at all other points, the portion HENRY SALFORD' of theclosed part of the smaller stall pro- WVit-nesses: jeoting through theopening-of the larger J. EDWIN BURCH, stall.

THAD B. SARGEANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

7 Washington, I). G.

